I don't see what the problem is. Israel certainly pays a lot of attention to who your family is when deciding whether or not you can become a citizen. Is this different because it's a brother rather than a mother?

There are all sort of odd tales like this. Hitler had a nephew that emigrated to the US and did War Bonds tours speaking about his Uncle, and while Al Capone was the biggest man in Chicago, he had a brother in Nebraska who was a Sheriff who busted bootleggers left and right.

Raoul Wallenberg != chopped liver. Especially since the Red Army branded him a spy when they got to Budapest and threw him in the joint, never to be seen again. There were two kinds of people the Ruskies had no use for - Nazis and anti-Nazis.

TV's Vinnie:There are all sort of odd tales like this. Hitler had a nephew that emigrated to the US and did War Bonds tours speaking about his Uncle, and while Al Capone was the biggest man in Chicago, he had a brother in Nebraska who was a Sheriff who busted bootleggers left and right.

FTA: "But this never went beyond a fervent wish. The big brother held his protective hand over the little brother, who did the opposite of what Hermann felt was right. Nevertheless, despite their differences, a brother was a brother. Albert relied on this notion, and he knew that he could, even though the two men presumably never spoke about it."

TV's Vinnie:There are all sort of odd tales like this. Hitler had a nephew that emigrated to the US and did War Bonds tours speaking about his Uncle, and while Al Capone was the biggest man in Chicago, he had a brother in Nebraska who was a Sheriff who busted bootleggers left and right.

Patrick HItler. Strangely enough, he did name one of his sons after his uncle despite the not so good reputation of the name after the war. None of his kids ever had children and there were rumors that they made a pact never to have children.

Omahawg:TV's Vinnie: There are all sort of odd tales like this. Hitler had a nephew that emigrated to the US and did War Bonds tours speaking about his Uncle, and while Al Capone was the biggest man in Chicago, he had a brother in Nebraska who was a Sheriff who busted bootleggers left and right.

JungleBoogie:FTA: "But this never went beyond a fervent wish. The big brother held his protective hand over the little brother, who did the opposite of what Hermann felt was right. Nevertheless, despite their differences, a brother was a brother. Albert relied on this notion, and he knew that he could, even though the two men presumably never spoke about it."

Bro's before Gestapos.

What's interesting about this story is that the cousin took shameless advantage of his family relations to sneak people out of the country: When he did get caught or challenged, he'd just say "You know my cousin, Reichmarshall Goering? Let me just call him for you..." and the border guards would click their heels and let him through. Kind of like when you say you have a brother who works on the police department, only in this case it really worked.

One of the good things that Hermann Göring did was to protect Allied bomber crews from retaliation from the German people who wanted very badly to kill them for bombing their cities and towns to rubble. Goring had been a fighter pilot ace in WWI who had earned the coveted Blue Max, and considered all flyers to be "knights of the sky" and worthy of protection from the pedestrian rabble. The downed Allied crews would be beaten and have rocks thrown at them, but they were kept alive because Hermann Goring would hang anyone who killed an Allied airman.

Patrick HItler. Strangely enough, he did name one of his sons after his uncle despite the not so good reputation of the name after the war. None of his kids ever had children and there were rumors that they made a pact never to have children.